Crime

Following Bullying Incident, FUTA Suspends 6

November 17, 2019 9:25 am

Authorities of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has ordered the indefinite suspension of six female students of the university for allegedly bullying another female student.

A statement issued by the Deputy Director, Corporate Communication of the university, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, indicated that the students were found wanting after investigations on the matter.

The students, mostly females with one male, were involved in a violent attack on another female, a 100 level student identified as Bimpe, on Saturday, November 16, at a hostel outside of campus, a video of which went viral on social media

He gave the names …

Man Drags Wife To Police For Beating 2 Children To Death

November 17, 2019 9:22 am

Mr Christian Ezike from Awo Idemili in Orsu local government area of Imo State has reported his wife, Ukamaka to the police for beating to death their two children, Chiwendu and Chinecherem,  2 years and 2 months old respectively.

According to the State Police Public Relation Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri explained that Ezike who had gone out for his normal business on Friday came back to see three of his children critically ill and bruised at the hospital.

On enquiry, he was told that his precious wife had beaten the three of them up.…

Publisher In Court Over Alleged 4₦m Fraud

November 15, 2019 4:35 pm

 A 42-year-old publisher, Benjamin Adedoyin, on Friday appeared in a Kubwa Magistrates’ court, Abuja, over alleged fraud involving  ₦4 million.

The police charged Adedoyin, who lives in Dutse, Abuja, with criminal breach of trust, cheating  and intimidation.

The Prosecutor, ASP Ejike Peters, told the court that the complainant, Stanislaus Ntekop, in April  gave the defendant N4 million to use as down payment for a N6.4 million contract for the supply of books to the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Peters alleged that when the defendant completed the job, he refused to pay the complainant his money back.

He said when …

Delta Cultism: Police Vows To Intensify Sensitization

November 15, 2019 4:35 pm
The police in Delta state have reaffirmed commitment to sustaining the tempo that has curbed the menace of cultism and other violent crimes in the Ovwian-Aladja community and other adjoining settlements in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State.
The Burutu Area Commander, ACP Kolawole Adepegba, who gave this assurance in a chat with newsmen in Warri yesterday, commended his men and officers for displaying a high sense of professionalism since he assumed office at the Command.
He noted that the state of lawlessness in Udu and its environs due to cult activities was terrible before his arrival to the
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NY: Man Beaten Up Over Cellphone Dies Of His Injuries

November 15, 2019 2:36 pm

A Staten Island man brutally beaten for his iPhone on the Lower East Side last month has died from his injuries — and now cops are hunting for the mugger who killed him, police said Friday.

Giovanni DeStafano, 27, was walking along E. 5th St. near Avenue B, outside the Lower East Side Houses, about 9:50 p.m. on Oct. 20 when someone jumped him from behind, cops said.

The man repeatedly struck DeStafano in the head before running off with the victim’s iPhone 7, authorities said.

DeStafano suffered massive head injuries during the assault and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital.

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Son

NY: Gang Members Slam BMW Into Rival And His 8-Yr-Old Son

November 15, 2019 2:34 pm

Two gangbangers aimed their BMW like a missile at a father and his 8-year-old son on a Harlem sidewalk in a horrifying incident captured by video distributed by police Thursday.

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The BMW — driven by a man police believe is a member of the Gorilla Stone Bloods Gang — was zeroed in on the father, a rival gang member, said cops.

Around 3:45 p.m. Nov. 6, the boy and his father were walking on W. 112th St. by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. when the BMW jumped the sidewalk and

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Cattle

Suspected Cattle Rustlers Kill 4 In Kaura LG – Police

November 15, 2019 10:55 am
The Police Command in Kaduna state has confirmed the death of four persons allegedly killed by cattle rustlers at Marbar Agban in Kagoro Chiefdom in Kaura Local Government Area.
The command`s Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna.

He said the victims; Hosea Ayuba, Ado Adamu, Abagu Danladi and Kusa Danladi of Marabar Agban, Kagoro were killed while three of their cattle were carted away.

“At about 0300hrs, a case of cattle rustling and culpable homicide was reported to Kafanchan Area command through our operatives at a

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School Proprietor Defiled Student With Special Needs

November 15, 2019 10:49 am
A policewoman, Insp Emem Okon, on Friday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court that a school proprietor, Timothy Onyiriuka, 45, allegedly defiled a 14-year-old student (name withheld) with special needs in his care.
Onyiriuka, 45, who resides at No. 8, Idowu Bale St., Oke-Ira, Kekere, Ajah, Lagos is charged with defilement contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.

He is the proprietor of Apex Schools located at No. 12, Edomia St., Power Line, Oke-Ira, Kekere , Ajah, Lagos.

Okon, the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in the case while being led in evidence

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ICPC

ICPC Uncovers ₦12bn Salary Fraud In MDAs

November 15, 2019 5:15 am

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered ₦12 billion padded into the salaries of some Ministries Agencies and Departments (MDAs).

Chairman of the ICPC, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, said at a press conference in Abuja that about ₦9.2 billion was first restrained after the ICPC discovered that monies meant for salaries were over-budgeted while another ₦3 billion was uncovered after salaries were paid to workers.

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The ICPC boss, who did not mention the names of the MDAs indicted, said the ICPC had after tracing the …

NY: Brooklyn Man Arrested For Raping 13-Year-Old Girl

November 14, 2019 3:31 pm

Police have arrested a man they say raped a 13-year-old girl while she was walking to her friend’s house in Brooklyn, cops said.

Kervins Germain, 29, was nabbed Wednesday night for the Nov. 1 attack on the teen inside a home on E. 102nd St. and Avenue M in Canarsie, police said.

The girl was walking to a friend’s house about 11:30 p.m. when Germain walked up to her and convinced her to follow him into a nearby building, where he raped and sexually assaulted her. The victim was treated at a local hospital and later released.

Germain, who lives

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Body

SA: Cape Town Cop’s Mother Finds His Body In Driveway

November 14, 2019 3:29 pm

Career policeman André Kay’s 81-year-old mother heard 10 shots being fired outside their Bishop Lavis home on Thursday morning. When she went to investigate, she came across her son’s bullet-ridden body in their driveway.

Kay’s niece Kim Kay said her grandmother was beside herself with grief.

“The two of them had lived alone. She is so traumatised,” Kim told News24.

The lieutenant colonel was declared dead at the scene.

Kay, 54, was attached to the police’s Firearm, Liquor and Second Hand Goods Control (FLASH) Unit.

He had been in the service for more than 30 years and loved his job, …

SA: Bodies Of 2 Northern Cape Girls Found In Unused Freezer

November 14, 2019 3:28 pm

Police in Northern Cape are investigating following the discovery of the bodies of two young girls in a deep freezer on Monday.

The two friends, aged four and five, were reported missing on Sunday in Bankhara.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Mohale Ramatseba said, while a search was under way around 9am on Monday, a neighbour informed them that she had found the two bodies in an unused fridge while placing her house keys inside.

“It is reported that the neighbours used to put their house keys in that freezer. That’s the reason she could notice that the kids are inside the …

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